Links for you. Science:

This Black Hole Is Eating So Much Matter that It Defies Known Science
Where the trees once stood. See how Helene wiped out North Carolina’s forests.
They’re all good boys and girls, but only some can be service dogs. Researchers are working to identify early signs that a dog is cut out to be a working canine.
Why November has been so weirdly warm — and why that might continue
Scientists are wary and uncertain as Trump returns to power
Worsening bird flu outbreak in Tulare County, across California raising labor, trade concerns

Other:

This Veterans Day, D.C. prepares to defend its home rule. Donald Trump is likely to try to take away the District’s hard and long sought right to self-determination.
Democrats PLEASE Try To Fix This Problem. If they ignore the media environment in their 2024 post-mortems, it will be the first major error of the second Trump era.
Blue Cities and States Need to Get Their Act Together
Middle Option
Project 2025 Is Here
The Silence of the Wives. Far from being an immutable fact of Christianity, evangelical antifeminism is recent, virulent, and gaining traction every day.
Adam Kinzinger Shares His ‘Honest To God’ Thoughts About Trump Win
Western States Are Still Counting Ballots. Here’s Why That Matters.
I spent hours trying to persuade US voters to choose Harris not Trump. I know why she lost
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Netanyahu Appoints Yechiel Leiter as Israel’s Ambassador to U.S. Hardline Settler, Ex-member of Far-right Kahanist Group
Merrick Garland Helped Destroy Biden’s Presidency
To Unfuck Politics, Create More Union Members
Notes On Planning
Social media has been flooded today with stories of Trump voters who are shocked to learn that tariffs will raise consumer prices as reporters are covering that information.
Trump’s 2024 coalition looks a lot like his 2020 coalition
Democrats would get nothing for throwing trans Americans under the bus
The era of speaking power to truth
Trump isn’t the real danger to America—it’s Elon Musk
D.C. police investigating shattered windows at kosher restaurant. The incident at Char Bar occurred on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, when the Nazis ordered violent antisemitic attacks on Jews and their homes, synagogues and businesses.
Stop the Votewashing. The media are trying to make Trump’s voters look more virtuous than they are. Here are 10 reasons they ACTUALLY voted the way they did.
A D.C. pizzeria welcomed Trump back to the city. Some customers did not.
Shame on the Elon enablers
The surprising D.C. precinct that swung hardest toward Trump. The precinct that gave Trump the largest share of votes includes the jail, the RFK Stadium site and part of an area developed as an enclave of Black homeowners.
Google Is Reportedly Developing An AI That Will Take Over The User’s Computer Browser To Complete Certain Tasks, And Is Codenamed Project Jarvis (they all so desperately want to be Tony Stark…)
Police in D.C., Maryland and Virginia seize more than 140 guns (mostly ‘ghost’ guns too)